On the day that Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, this Guardian film from 2011 investigates the soldier's early years, and also asks why the US military sent Manning to Iraq, when those training him warned that the 'runt that everyone bullied' should not be sent on active duty

Watch a full-length documentary on how General David Petraeus, commander of multinational forces in Iraq, was linked to special forces veteran James Steele, who helped oversee police commandos who ran a network of torture centres in Iraq

Al-Qaida is providing cash, food and medical aid to those affected by the famine in Somalia. Jamal Osman reveals that al-Shabaab may be endangering lives by closing the camp for displaced Somalis and sending them back to their villages

Following a year-long investigation, GuardianFilms has exclusively uncovered the story of what happened to the five Britons kidnapped in Iraq on 29 May 2007, as the only survivor, Peter Moore, is released